101 36 Uses For Your Bike Trailer

February 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Hey, thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also subscribe to BikeHacks by email. Thanks for visiting!A few weeks ago I ran across an article with an intriguing title: 101 Uses For A Bike Trailer. I was disappointed to find that the article [...]

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DIY: Creating a Vertical Bike Rack

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

mumblion over on Flickr posted a great picture of a bike rack hack. There are no instructions, but the point was to carry large pieces of paper on a bike rack. Here is what it looks like took place:
1) Bungee cord a piece of wood flat on top of the rack
2) Find [...]

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Storage: Backpack/Pannier in One

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As much fun as it can be to come up with your own hack solutions, every once in a while it is nice to have a company do the “heavy lifting” for you. Backpacks and panniers have positives and negatives. Panniers are great because you don’t carry the weight on your back and [...]

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Commuter Bike Vest

January 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Okay, I admit it, I can compete with any woman who carries a huge purse when it comes to carrying stuff around with me. Wallet, keys, ChapStick, gum, MP3 player, camera, phone, etc. When I first started bike commuting one of the most frustrating things for me was having to repack all of [...]

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Homemade Hardside Panniers

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

:: Guest post by Handsome Ryan ::
These hardside panniers cost just under $30 to build but they are super rugged and, although weight weenies need not apply, they hold a lot of stuff.

The idea for these ‘bags’ began after purchasing my new bike. It had a rack, but a rack is only as good if [...]

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